Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadblocked
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Violence has intensified, humanitarian aid remains blocked, and political prisoners, including my mother, remain behind bars.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025 -
And most seniors have been blocked from accessing the drugs, because Medicare is legally barred from covering weight-loss drugs.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The suspect briefly barricaded himself inside a bedroom before deputies were able to breach the door and make contact, the department said.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Nov. 2025
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In 2022, two officers shot and killed a 42-year-old Caldwell resident who barricaded himself inside a home with a child after police identified him as the suspect in a domestic violence investigation, according to prior reporting.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the bailout merely delayed the inevitable.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Some 1,902 flights within, into or out of the United States also were delayed on Tuesday, according to FlightAware, along with the 1,210 that had been canceled.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
11 Nov. 2025
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To test if this really was a White House operation, Grace and I followed one of the trucks out of the golf course, past the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, to a path that normally leads to the White House but was blockaded.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Israel has blockaded the water around Gaza, preventing boats and ships from delivering humanitarian aid.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
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Also on Wednesday, a daycare employee was arrested outside of her workplace in Chicago.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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That’s when he was arrested at a Motel 6 outside Orlando, jailed and charged with grand theft for failing to return a rental car in Broward County.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The Philippines is one of Asia’s most flood-prone countries but this year it has also been mired in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects that have brought thousands of protesters out onto the streets.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Grace is in limbo, the film posits, mired in a crisis seemingly brought on by her inability to see herself as either archetype of a young mother.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Elsewhere in the state, the Democrats retained their Supreme Court seats and the Democrats won the Pittsburgh mayoral race, the Philadelphia district attorney election and other key races.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Democrats retained a majority on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Viewers were able to see the hilarious shot of Jinky in the bath quickly cut to a very telling scene of the same dog bounding into a marshland or small lake, tail wagging, body splashing through mud and water in total ecstasy.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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District 2 is bounded by Five Mile Road to the west, Franklin Road to the south, and the Interstate-184 Connector to the east.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Roadblocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadblocked. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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